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Description
To those who have been following my art, you might be familiar with this artwork. Yes, it is actually the same old pencil sketch but this time round I coloured it with Adobe Photoshop. Here's the link to the pencil sketch version: lyzeravern.deviantart.com/art/…

Before I initiate this project about few years back, I thought coloring on the pencil sketch might be easy. But I was wrong. It took me a few attempt to colour using Photoshop but none of the methods I tried actually work. So I did give up like 2 to 3 times already.

So this year when I got nothing to do a few months back, I revisit this sketch again and thought of giving it a try once again. This time I changed my method. Instead of using any pencil or brush tools, I use lots of "Colour Balance" and "Vector Mask". Surprisingly the method is working and it is more natural. If you wanted to colour your pencil sketch, you might want to try this out

Anyway I hope you guys enjoy this coloured version. Though Lightning or Final Fantasy XIII is already an old game, I hope there are some Lightning
fans out there who likes this.

Drawing Program & Tools Used:
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended
- Wacom Intuos Draw Tablet
- Pencils
- Mechanical Pencil
- Sketching Paper

Reference:
- Several screenshots and wallpapers released by Square Enix, game magazines etc

Character Design: Tetsuya Nomura © SQUARE ENIX CO. LTD

Description
To those who have been following my art, you might be familiar with this artwork. Yes, it is actually the same old pencil sketch but this time round I coloured it with Adobe Photoshop. Here's the link to the pencil sketch version: lyzeravern.deviantart.com/art/…

Before I initiate this project about few years back, I thought coloring on the pencil sketch might be easy. But I was wrong. It took me a few attempt to colour using Photoshop but none of the methods I tried actually work. So I did give up like 2 to 3 times already.

So this year when I got nothing to do a few months back, I revisit this sketch again and thought of giving it a try once again. This time I changed my method. Instead of using any pencil or brush tools, I use lots of "Colour Balance" and "Vector Mask". Surprisingly the method is working and it is more natural. If you wanted to colour your pencil sketch, you might want to try this out

Anyway I hope you guys enjoy this coloured version. Though Lightning or Final Fantasy XIII is already an old game, I hope there are some Lightning
fans out there who likes this.

Drawing Program & Tools Used:
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended
- Wacom Intuos Draw Tablet
- Pencils
- Mechanical Pencil
- Sketching Paper

Reference:
- Several screenshots and wallpapers released by Square Enix, game magazines etc

Character Design: Tetsuya Nomura © SQUARE ENIX CO. LTD